Sunderland Striker Gyan In Line For Top Ghana Award

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Striker Asamoah Gyan is among three players named for the coveted Ghana Footballer of Year of award.

Striker Asamoah Gyan is among three players named for the top award

Striker Asamoah Gyan is among three players named for the coveted Ghana Footballer of Year of award.

The Sunderland attacker will face stiff competition from Marseille youngster Andre Ayew and goalkeeper Richard Kingson

Three players of the men’s senior national team were nominated for the award by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG).

Also, Gyan and Kingson would be up for the 2010 Sports Personality of the Year which also has International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko.

The 36th MTN SWAG Awards Night on July 2, will see honours being conferred on sportsmen and women who distinguished themselves in the respective fields during the 2010 season.

A text poll will be used to help determine the selection process.

For the Sports Personality of the Year, the public are to send their predictions to MTN short code 1340 with SPA for Richard Kingson, SPB for Asamoah Gyan and SPC for Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko.

The Footballer of the Year will see the public send their preferred choices to MTN short code 1340 with FPA for Andre Dede Ayew, FPB for Asamoah Gyan and FPC for Richard Kingson.

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